Building Disaster Resilience in Caribbean Communities Through Diverse Partnership

Time: 9:00 am – 4:30 pm (Eastern Caribbean Time)

Background: This workshop is part of a project with The University of the West Indies, University of Toronto (UofT) and the National Autonomous University of Mexico’s (UNAM) titled “Building Resilience: Creating a Tri-National Network for Community-Based Disaster Risk Reduction.” This initiative seeks to advance community-based strategies and foster global partnerships to enhance resilience in the face of climatic and environmental challenges. This workshop builds upon co-developed community resilience activities facilitated through partnership with the Global Resilience Institute at Northeastern University and University of Hawai’i.

Objectives:  The objectives of the Forum are to:

1. Share what is being done to build community resilience in the Caribbean

2. Identify gaps in community disaster resilience programming

3. Highlight actionable disaster risk management research